author
Julius Wolff
1834–1910
A bestselling German poet and storyteller of the late 19th century, this writer was especially loved for lively verse narratives shaped by medieval legend and folklore. His books were hugely popular in the Gründerzeit, even if he is less widely read today.
3 Audiobooks
Der Sachsenspiegel: Eine Geschichte aus der Hohenstaufenzeit
by Julius Wolff
Die Hohkönigsburg: Eine Fehdegeschichte aus dem Wasgau
by Julius Wolff
About the author
Born in Quedlinburg in 1834, he became known as a German writer and poet whose work found a large audience in the decades after German unification. Contemporary reference sources and biographical summaries describe him as especially popular during the Gründerzeit, and note the influence of Joseph Victor von Scheffel on his writing.
His reputation rested largely on narrative poetry and historical or legendary material, written in a way that appealed to a broad reading public. He died in Charlottenburg in 1910, leaving behind a body of work that captures a distinctly 19th-century taste for romance, history, and storytelling in verse.